Preeteesh Peetabh Singh News Editor When Verizon included a feature to call Canada in their Share Everything plan for $15, people thought the company has set its sights on entering the Canadian market. There was a lot of excitement in the media when Verizon proposed an offer of $700 million to takeover Wind Mobile in…
Healthy food with good service is vital towards achieving a positive learning environment By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh News Editor I was in a Tim Hortons line the other day to buy a donut for my partner (Yes, she likes donuts), at George Brown College’s (GBC) St. James campus cafeteria. An extremely grumpy middle aged man…
Is print media really dying? Is social media the new trend or is it just over-hyped? Is it a temporary punch or is it hinting towards a permanent structural change? Preeteesh Peetabh Singh, News Editor The idea that print media is in dire straits seemed to be supported when Sun Media, one of Canada’s largest…
Each September, students find themselves getting familiar with the back of each other’s heads. It’s the back to school rush to line up. By Karen Nickel Each September, students find themselves getting familiar with the back of each other’s heads. It’s the back to school rush to line up. Line up at registration; line up…
Student unions and the campus press are two things that go together like a spark to gasoline. When it’s done right you can take the energy and use it to propel the best interests of students as far as possible. When it’s done wrong it can lead to everybody getting badly burned. By Mick Sweetman…
As we come up to the last edition of the season I remember the first few when my story pitches did not make sense. By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh As we come up to the last edition of the season I remember the first few when my story pitches did not make…
This year writing for The Dialog, I have covered stories that have affected me deeply and will remain with me for a long time. By Karen Nickel This year writing for The Dialog, I have covered stories that have affected me deeply and will remain with me for a long time. These were about accessibility and…
By Karen Nickel “E-Bikes, the most environmentally friendly way to stalk your ex”. Terrance Luscombe, a recent graduate of York University’s Masters of Environmental Studies, couldn’t believe what he saw. While walking in his Ossington and Bloor neighbourhood, he happened by Tev E-bikes, an e-bike retailer whose latest advertising campaign contained the phrase. The poster…
By Mick Sweetman Recently while taking the subway in the morning rush there was an almost business-as-usual delay that left hundreds, perhaps even more than a thousand people crammed onto the platform as we waited for the train. When the train did finally arrive, it was packed to the gills with people who had…
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor A recent report published by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, written by economists Trish Hennessy and Jim Stanford, slams the Ontario government’s austerity budgets and breaks down how far from solving the province’s economic woes—budget cuts actually exacerbate them. The report, aptly titled More harm than good: Austerity’s impact…
Re: GBC Reacts to Black History Month, Feb. 8 We must remember that African Liberation Month (Black History Month) is but one out of 12 months in which we are formally encouraged to discuss Black people’s histories in the diaspora. To me, this is a form of subjugation that seeks to silo Black stories, experiences,…
By Mick Sweetman Managing Editor Some people choose to live on the streets of Toronto throughout the winter. That’s right, I said they choose to live on the streets. But the choice they make is a Hobson’s choice between the overcrowded, bed bug infested and dangerous conditions of the city’s shelter system or the…
